next series of retreats is:
The Bible Timeline (Oct 5-8)
Discipleship, Leadership, Redemptive Suffering & Mary (Oct 9-11)
Married Couples Retreat (Nov 7)
Mother-Daughter Retreat (Nov 20-21)
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009, St. Bruno, Bl. Marie Rose Durocher
Jonah 3:1-10, Psalm 130:1-4, 7-8, Luke 10:38-42
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BETTER YET...
"Mary has chosen the better portion and she shall not be deprived of
it." —Luke 10:42
There are so many things in life we can't control. Most people can't
choose their parents, siblings, their nation of birth, height, or skin
color. So many things are beyond our control that we may be tempted to
feel insignificant and without hope. Yet we have a great reason to
rejoice. We have absolute control over having the best. We are free to
choose Jesus!
When we choose Jesus for ourselves, we choose the Best. No one can take us
away from Him (Jn 10:28-29). Nothing can "separate us from" Jesus (Rm
8:39). Jesus promises us that we "shall not be deprived of" Him (Lk
10:42).
There is, however, one person who can separate you from Jesus, and that is
yourself. When you choose the better portion and put your life in His
hands, you allow Jesus to wrap you in His loving embrace. As long as you
"fix your eyes on Jesus" (Heb 3:1), you will always see that He is the
"better portion" (Lk 10:42). Satan, who knows he cannot deprive you of
Jesus, then attempts to distract you from looking always at Jesus. If he
can get you to focus on distractions like TV, pornography, sports, talk
shows, gossip, controversies, worldly pleasures, and other "enticements
for the eye" (1 Jn 2:16), he knows you might choose them as your "better
portion." Then you might consider Jesus' loving embrace as a choke-hold
and demand that He take His hands off you. Therefore, every day of your
life, choose Jesus anew as your better portion. You shall not be deprived
of Him.
Prayer: Jesus, I'd rather have You than anything else. Protect me from
myself. Never let me be parted from You.
Promise: "With the Lord is kindness and with Him is plenteous
redemption." —Ps 130:7
Praise: St. Bruno turned down being an archbishop to follow the call to
monastic life.
(This teaching was submitted by a member of our editorial team.)
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